Dashawn
Boy · duh-SHAWN · Modern
Dashawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Dashawn mean?
Modern: Da- prefix with Shawn, the Irish form of John
One of several Da- and De- names, like Dashon and Deshawn, that arose in African-American communities in the late 20th century.
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- duh-SHAWN
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Is Dashawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Dashawn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dashawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Dashawn, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 373 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Dashawn than any year since 1982.
Half of all the boys named Dashawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were given Dashawn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,878, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.
In 1972, 53% of the babies named Dashawn in the US were girls. By 2007 it was 2%, with more boys than girls since 1973.
Dashawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 79 | #1,914 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,808 |
| 2017 | 86 | #1,780 |
| 2016 | 94 | #1,675 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,481 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 170 | #1,095 |
| 2011 | 160 | #1,132 |
| 2010 | 201 | #980 |
| 2009 | 226 | #912 |
| 2008 | 268 | #821 |
| 2007 | 281 | #775 |
| 2006 | 324 | #691 |
| 2005 | 336 | #648 |
| 2004 | 316 | #649 |
| 2003 | 299 | #662 |
| 2002 | 331 | #607 |
| 2001 | 333 | #596 |
| 2000 | 329 | #599 |
| 1999 | 335 | #579 |
| 1998 | 341 | #574 |
| 1997 | 335 | #563 |
| 1996 | 318 | #572 |
| 1995 | 312 | #579 |
| 1994 | 373 | #524 |
| 1993 | 331 | #559 |
| 1992 | 307 | #582 |
| 1991 | 278 | #610 |
| 1990 | 194 | #729 |
| 1989 | 162 | #778 |
| 1988 | 116 | #883 |
| 1987 | 107 | #907 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 40 | #1,474 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,320 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Nicknames for Dashawn
- Shawn 21 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dashawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Devin Dylan Deshawn Keegan Kayden Declan Jayden Kylan Brayden Hassan Deacon Arjun
Other spellings of Dashawn
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